Picton and District Historical and Family History Society Inc, New South Wales

Zone d'identification

Identifiant

daa/133

Forme autorisée du nom

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Type

Community

Zone du contact

Secretary

Type

Adresse

Adresse physique

Wollondilly Public Library, 42 Menangle Street, Picton
Postal address: PO Box 64, Picton New South Wales 2571

Localité

Picton

Région

New South Wales

Nom du pays

Code postal

2571

Téléphone

Fax

Courriel

secretary@pictonheritage.org.au

URL

https://www.pictonheritage.org.au/

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Zone de description

Historique

Formed in 1987, the Picton and District Historical and Family History Society Inc, primarily covers the New South Wales Wollondilly Shire areas of Bargo, Buxton, Couridjah, Lakesland, Picton, Thirlmere and Tahmoor. The Society holds an extensive archive of material relating to the local area.

The Society is located in the Susan Keohane Local Studies Room of Wollondilly Public Library in Picton.

Contexte géographique et culturel

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Structure administrative

Officer in charge: Archivist

Gestion des archives courantes et intermédiaires et politiques de collecte

Specialising in records relating to Bargo, Buxton, Tahmoor, Thirlmere, Appin, Wilton, Douglas Park and Picton.

Bâtiments

Fonds

As well as Birth Deaths and Marriage, Court, Land and newspaper records, the Society’s holdings include subject files on:

bridges
buildings
churches
individuals and families
organisations
place names
post office records
property names
railway
roads

An extensive photographic collection is also held.
For further information about holdings, see the website, under Archives & Research.

Instruments de recherche, guides et publications

See the website for publications.
The Society publishes the Stonequarry Journal three times per year. See https://www.pictonheritage.org.au/?page_id=23 for digital copies.

Zone de l'accès

Heures d'ouverture

The Research Room, the Susan Keohane Local History Room, Picton Library, is open each Thursday from 9.30am-3pm or by appointment.

Conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Accessibilité

Zone des services offerts

Services d'aide à la recherche

For those attending the library in person, research use is free for members of the society. A research fee is payable by non members.
For those unable to attend and using mail/email to seek assistance from the research team, research fees apply.
It is preferred that the Research form is used for written inquiries.
For further information on fees and the Research form, see https://www.pictonheritage.org.au/?page_id=19